Still have all your fins attached, I hope?
20 minutes ago, as I was coming out of my New Yorker Lounge, I still had the November 5 2007 issue in my hands. That never happens! Usually I would exit the lounge and leave the paper there for others to enjoy. Also, the type of articles found in The New Yorker are often way too long, and only readable while in the lounge, where you know for a fact that you will be back to finish what you were reading the day before. Besides, I usually just read the cartoons.
Now, as I was sitting there, I flipped across an article titled Neptune's Navy. It is about Captain Paul Watson and the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. A small group of people fighting the heinous and atrocious murders of marine animals. Whales, sea lions, sharks and dolphins are among the species being systematically hunted by the 1000's. Even more outrageous is the fact that the companies doing the killing are getting money from the governments of Japan, Norway, Canada, Denmark and Iceland, among others.
One example given in the article is the Japanese "government-subsidized Institute for Cetacean Research, in Tokyo...and all the whales that are purported to be under study are also butchered for the purpose of selling whale meat to the Japanese public".
Oh yeah, and "The Japanese say that they are hunting whales off Antartica in order to ascertain when there will be enough to harvest for profit." What the Fuck?!
Captain Paul Watson and his fleet are taking matters into their own hands by literally ramming these fishing boats out of the water. Even and especially in cases where the authorities aren't doing shit to stop these outrageous slaughters. I want to spread the word on this organization. It has been around for a while, and should stay that way.
In any case, if this picture bothers you -
then go to SeaShepherd.org and donate some money, or at least read a little more.
That New Yorker Article can be found here.
Peace.
